his green company may go bust because the epa is deciding whether to label all waste from coal-burning power plants hazardous. >> our biggest concern is that if we are classified along with the rest of the material that comes from the power plant as hazardous, our product may be tainted. >> reporter: and here's why. this is where tons of coal waste from first energy ends up. little blue run. the company's 976-acre retention pond. this waste is toxic. it contains arsenic, cadmium, and lead. national gypsum doesn't get any of its raw materials from little blue. but that doesn't matter to tyra collins and marcy carpenter who live near little blue. they want the epa to slap a big old hazardous label on everything that comes out of first energy because they say coal waste is dangerous. >> they told us that the stuff in there is completely harmless.

epa put up about $1.2 million. they area quality put of $1.6 million or 11 $9 million, and we cobble the resources together to get to this point. we are proud to be the first. it is appropriate that san francisco be the first. we have always taken pride on being at the cutting edge of green technology. these are green collar jobs, and that is something that is important. if you believe in the environment, you believe in jobs, or if you believe in promoting jobs, you better believe in promoting environmental stewardship, and that is the spirit that brings me here. congratulations. job well done. let's keep leading by example, and let's get the job done completely rebuilding this pier, which hopefully, will get done very soon. thank you all for being here. >> thank you again for your leadership. as the mayor mentioned, we have not done this alone. it has taken a virtual army of folks, and another of our important leaders is the president of the board of supervisors, the district we stand in here, district 3. mr. davi

the epa is deciding to classify coal ash as a waste. it's potentially cancer-causing substances like arsenic and cadmium but others say it's not that simple. if coal ash is hazard us, you will notice it in your electricity bill. >> this board coming here coming out of the drier. >> reporter: chuck runs the ship in pennsylvania, his company makes drywall. in fact, the drywall could be in your home right now. so how fast does this move? how much product in a certain amount of time? >> this is running at about 475 feet a minute. >> reporter: it is proudly green. all of the drywall manufactured here is made of synthetic gypsum, recycled from material taken from first energy corporation's nearby plant after it burns coal to make electricity. >> in the good year, we'll use excess of 800,000 tons of material. >> reporter: every year? >> every year. >> reporter: but he says that may change. his green company may go bust because the epa is deciding whether to label all waste of coal-burning power plants hazardous. >> our biggest concern is that

the national response team is chaired by the epa. there are regional response teams that mirrored the national structure in each region. on or about, i believe it was the 30th, it shows there was a request that came in to try the application of dispersants which were already being used on the surface at the wellhead. 5,000 feet plus into the water column. the justification is one that makes an engineer nod her head which is why there is some much energy associated. we he this all in one place as it is coming out of this pipe, as we all saw so graphically over television -- on the television over time. you can apply dispersants on the surface on a perfectly weighed less a day because there is not enough energy to make the dispersants with the oil to get real dispersion. it sounded like a great ide but we were skeptical. that decision quickly became evated even outside the nrt process. it was novel. and had not been done. and was not pre-authorized. the threshold question, you just say no. absolutely not. i said publicly that it was on

addition, they call for support with agricultural issues, which often pose a challenge in concluding epas. the government said it will hammer out a plan by early november. >>> in september, japanese authorities intervened in the foreign change marx to reverse the yen's advance against the dollar. many market watchers believe that the impact from unilateral intervention limited. despite the $25 billion market action, the yen has continued to rise. a small country in europe also plagued by foreign exchange woes tried to intervene in the markets to tame its currency. what were the results? we report from geneva. >> reporter: a weak euro is aiding recovery of economies in the euro zone. a strong franc is having the opposite effect here in switzerland. the country's known for its beautiful scenery and tourism is one of the main industries of the swiss economy. but a strong franc is harming the sector. had it year alone, the currency gained 12% against the euro. >> it's a bit expensive. it is. especially in the hotels. >> i think it's only that. then i look to the price, for example, prices i k

what i would say is we now have an epa that is writing rules. the epa cent out a press release and said you know what, if congress doesn't pass greenhouse emissions testing we will do it on our own. i think the arrogance of unelected bureaucrats to say that they create law needs to come to an end. we need to say to unelected bureaucrats you do not make regulations and you do not write regulations. >> chris: i want to give attorney general conway 30 seconds to respond. >> i'm against cap and trade and always have been. >> that is not true. >> chris: you supported the waxman markey cap and trade bill in 2009. >> no, i didn't. >> reporter: the editorial said you flip flopped. >> i said i'm going to protect coal and electricity. i did not support waxman and markey and even took on the epa. i filed a lawsuit against the epa when they were doing what dr. paul was describing. don't read the bowling green news. look at my actions. federal mine safety regulations, chris is are written in the blood of coal miners. rand paul says he wants to take federal m

in this particular case you have the state of california, you have the region nine, epa, so you have a regulator, san francisco ucuc. all contributing to funds offered by the california commission. so i'd like to suggest that we, as a group here, recognize that those opportunities are out there and that we leverage those opportunitys for the sake of reducing the carbon footprint and if we do that, these are near turn gains we can do as we get to the long-term as far as uncertainties and hydrological issues that might take a longer time to resolve. >> i just want to come back down a little bit to something a bit on the specific side and add to specific points. chuck and i spent some time yesterday talking about infrastructure and knowing it and knowing where your pipes are and what they can and can't do. yesterday as a waist water person listening to this, i'm thinking pipes and pumps which i'm sure your thinking too but your talking,dams, and canals and part of that is understanding each others language but what i want to add is there's a tremendous amount of coordination and researc

. >> the software is a free software made available through the epa. it's called the epa energy star portfolio manager and that software is available for free and we have a -- an implementation schedule that would -- an outreach schedule that would have the department of the environment taking the lead on outreach to businesses to make sure that they've been educated on how to use the software and we've been discussing with pg&e opportunities to educate through classes or specialized technical assistance for those that are not familiar with the software. >> thank you. >> commissioner dooley. commissioner dooley: i have two questions. can you give me an idea of what the average cost is for the procedure? i know they're different prices, buildings, but can you give me an idea? >> sure. i might ask barry to give you an idea of the typical cost of an energy audit. >> you were right on the money, that it can be very variable. if the building owner were to pay for it out of pocket, the range could be between 3 cents and 15 cents a square foot. however, we wo

and the epa helped out by issuing $100,000 to three low income communities. >>> and a woman was killed on west street. oakland police say the shooters in at least two vehicles opened fire on a group of people just before midnight. 29-year-old carolyn howard was killed and three men were injured. two are in critical condition. investigators don't have a motive, but they believe howard was not the intended victim. >>> a 28-year-old man was shot while using an atm machine at the bank of america in oakland's rock ridge neighborhood. police say the man was shot around -- was shot twice around 9:00 this morning. he is in critical condition at a local hospital. police are offering a $5,000 reward in that case. >>> an american businessman jailed for more than two years in iran has been released. a family spokesman says 71-year-old tigavi of southern california is expected to be escorted back to the u.s. soon. iranian officials accuse him of passing $200 in cash to a man connected to a violent opposition group. but he was never charged with a crime, and he denied knowing lisa porting the group.

>>guest: yes, epa is now being sued by several groups including ours for the global warming back door attempt to do nothing cap and trade just the "cap," the regulatory energy tax, and they have, again, they have outsourced the science to a body that relies on similar computer models that are proven wrong, overinflighting the inputs and the impact of the input and underestimate the impact on client like the sun. this is a microcosm. >>stuart: you say this is deliberate? >>guest: i am saying california has a lot of explaining to do and as they get the story straight, the voters need to take into account they have a pattern. they have three similar examples and now they are being trusted with implementing economic policy for the state, economic suicide, through this and the voters have a chance with prop 23 to suspend it and look for more of this and i suspect they will find it. >>stuart: chris, thank you, always a pleasure. the mast are mind behind obama's presidential campaign is feeling good about this year's campaign. it has nothing to do with obama. and everything to do with the te

the epa is investigating. >> it's their history. bad things have happened everywhere bp operates. everywhere they operate, something bad happens. >> bp is in crisis mode after severe pipeline corrosion forced the company... >> the conditions at the spill site: nothing less than brutal. >> ...calls now for investigative hearings into why the company had to shut down... >> narrator: a year after the explosion in texas city, there were problems on another front: alaska. this is bp's giant prudhoe bay oil field on alaska's north slope. it represents 8% of america's domestic oil production. but opened more than 30 years ago, inadequate or deferred maintenance here, too, has workers worried. >> the pipelines are rusted where insulation has fallen off. >> narrator: managers won't talk, but workers like marc kovac, protected by their union, explained how, back in the '60s, everyone thought the field would last 20 years. they were wrong. >> all of the modules were designed in 1966 and put in place in the '70s. and the expected lifespan of the field and that equipment was designed to last t

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senator and took on the epa when they tried to do it outside of the legislature -- >> i want to turn to the bush tax cuts and i want to ask you about what i believe is a change in your position on the bush tax cuts, what you told the louisville editorial board in april, i would favor letting expire probably the majority, majority of the bush tax cuts, and now you want to extend all of them. >> i was talking about the special interest provision that allow companies to ship our jobs overseas and that is where -- what i was focused on in that interview and i think raising taxes, we shouldn't be doing it at a time of recession, and, this now with 10% unemployment, with capital frozen on the sidelines, is no time to to be raising tax and in '02,y i was for the bush tax cuts then and was one of the few democrats for them and i think now we taught -- >> you were for them before you were against them before you were for them again and at the farm bureau debate you said you were bringing back the death tax. >> no, i didn't. >> you did, you specifically said you would not take a 55% tax on est

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the epa is now deciding whether to classify coal ash as hazardous waste. some say that's a no-brainer, after all, coal ash has potentially cancer-causing substances. some people say if it's hazardous, you'll notice in in your electricity bill. >> reporter: marcy hugues has lives in western pennsylvania her whole life. it's gorgeous here. rolling hills. lush farmland and little blue run. something proposed by pennsylvania power back in the '70s. what did they tell you in 1975? >> well basically, they said they were going to have it, you could swim, cyou could picnic. they even showed a sailboat. >> reporter: they said they would dump coal ash, the waste left over from burning coal into a valley and then fill the valley with water. and it did. but sailboats? no. we thought you should see why for yourself. so when environmentalists offered us a ride, we took it. we're on our way to little blue right now. it's about eight minutes away. really want to demonstrate to you how big this thing is. it's nearly 1,000 acres. and in some places, it's 400 feet deep. tons

the epa finalized new emission standards for cars in april. >>> there was some concern that bay area cities would have to place thousands of street signs. the federal highway administration is requiring that street signs use mixed case lettering by the years 2015. they say the signs are easier to read that way for cities such as berkeley and san francisco have signs that use all caps >>> some customers were affected by blackouts yesterday paid 15,000 customers were at -- without power at the height of the outages be the oakland police department dispatch center in one fire station lost power. the backup systems failed the later kicked impede an investigation is underway to determine what caused the delay. >>> the state comptroller unveiled a new website today. in august state comptroller john chung said cities or counties would be required to submit wage information to his office. 83% of all cities and counties have complied in addition to salaries besides list pensions and other benefits. >> is a heated battle in san jose today but they donna -- with another twist including a video

i went against the epa when they tried to force it on us. i also think we need to explore the new energy economy. the jobs of the future will be created in the renewable energies. >> thank you mark and thank you to the university of louisville. in about 16 days, the voters of kentucky have an important force to make. elections are about truces. we have one year -- elections are about choices. as attorney general, i have gone after the scourge of drugs. rand paul has said that they are not pressing issue. i have gone after crimes. i understand the sometimes non- mile of actions are a crime. i also will stand up and protect our seniors. i will stand up for medicare. rand paul wanted to thousand dollars deductible for medicare. he calls social security a ponzi scheme that ought to be privatized. our seniors cannot afford that. rand paul has spoken out against the americans with disabilities act. what will he say to them? i will always stand up for workplace safety protections. i hardly ask for your vote on nov. 2nd. .> thank you [cheers and app

epa, and others. considering the financial commitment that those organizations have made to the environmental education programs, lej is bringing another $110,000 worth of services. what does another $110,000 in matching funds get you? it increases the funding for park staff so you would have 1.6 full-time equivalent employees working at the park every day. it gets you a full-time americorps member for six months. they are recent college graduates trying to get started in their careers and they bring an amazing amount of energy and ability to these programs. talk about bang for your buck. it does not get better than that. you also get 40% of the ecocenter program management time. a full-time staff person will be managing the ecocenter, planning and implementing programs there. 40% of her time will be devoted to the education program funded by the board. you get additional funds for tools and supplies and partnerships. with the port investment of $110,000 a year, all told, lej will provide $220,000 of

doing away with the epa. she doesn't believe insurance companies should be required to give mammograms -- to pay for mammograms or colonoscopies, offer cover autism. i've heard what she wants. she wants to take the country back her point town newspaper endorsed me or her home town mayor, a republican who endorsed me. her home town senator who endorsed me. here is a post card i got from an everyday nevada an. she said, if sharon angel is elected, we'll be walking backward into the future. we don't want to take the country back, we want to take the country forward. i can't do it alone. i need your help. something special reminding us we are all in this together our job as sit accidents didn't end with the elections. you don't get back on your feet unless you stand up. today, i have three simple requests of you. first, go vote. tell your family and friends to vote. knock on doors. finally and third, i want e here to give a good nevada welcome to someone who visited our state 22 times during the run for the presi

. >>> >>> a green alert from the environmental protection agency, epa says newer vehicles can be made to use higher levels of ethanol, up to a 0% mixture of gasoline and ethanol to be exact. this is good news for farmers because ethanol is made of corn. but the auto industry, environmentalists and cattle ranchers are among the opponents. right now up to 10% of gasoline mixtures at the pump can contain ethanol and that's led to higher prices for animal feed and groceries. how often have you wanted to quit your job and go on a never- ending vacation? i know i have. one couple is actually doing it. they have sold their business and their house. >> three years ago we decided to buy a boat. >> we are doing it. >> pete area enhis wife have been planning this trip for three years. >> we had a house in old town that we sold. >> i sold my business. >> reporter: along for the trip is their dog and cat. this is their sailboat, a 40- foot manta. they will take it out this weekend to practice but come next month they will head down the intercoastal waterways. >> we will head for st. thomas bermuda

the careful, the epa will show up any minute. there have been all of these misunderstandings and most of them have bn political. that thing is going to catch on fire. there have been all of these politically motivated accusations and i think most of them, people understood they were not speaking the truth. they're trying to smear was a rising political movement and they have not succeeded. i saw this monday in "politico." this is the paper you have to read when you are elected to understand what the washington establishment is thinking. different pays story -- the front page story is about over 100 house seats now held by democrats are up for grabs. >> it turns out it was actually 103. three democratic house seats are so undemocratic they don't even count them as pickups. if you look at the senate, and i look at the map, i can get to 12. i can get to 12, andne of those seats is sitting right here. [applause] if you look at traditional measuresf voter energy, her a recent poll suggests that one out of three people that record to s

epa, i've had to sue the epa, the federal government, how they've been fringed in west virginia. stopping us almost from basically taking care of ourself and -- and it's just absolutely awful on some of the encroachment but i'm willing to take that fight. if west virginia's going to send a message, i'll be the messenger. let me take the message and i guarantee you we'll turn thing around. >> compared to most national democrats will you be relatively conservative as a senator? >> i am a conservative democrat in west virginia. i'm a centrist from the standpoint, because conservative on fiscal matters. i think a there needs to be a national budget balance amendment imean for war or national emergencies. >> okay, great, thank you for vuch. good luck in the race, governor joe manchin of wife. >> thank you, chris. >> good to have you on, thank you, sir. >>> well that gives ups a taste of what's going to out there. by the way heard from one of the actors in that west virginia tv ad that the republicans put on, he says that he's actually pulling for manchin the democrat to win. he's goin

as you will recall, the port has partnered on this project with the epa, san francisco public utilities commission. we are grateful for all of that and look forward to plugging in the island princess. finally, it is about time to commence fleet week again. it will be from october 7 through october 12. and the fleet week of that does not start until october 7. fleet week is produced by the san francisco fleet week association, which is governed by a board of directors headed by general michael myett. the mission of the association is to honor the dedication and duty and sacrifices of the men and women of the u.s. armed forces and to conduct a training. in new event, senior leaders seminar to discuss military capabilities. search and rescue training by the san francisco fire department. the air show with the blue angels will again be on saturday and sunday, october 9 and 10. that will be from 1:00 to 4:00. the parade of ships will begin at the golden gate bridge on saturday at 10:00. this year, the marine corps is also sending several hundred marines as fa. the u.s. navy is also dispatchi

>> actually, the epa may be trying to get people to use them where we do not need them. a cool and convince the water. it has nothing to do with nuclear. -- they cool and convinced the water. >> other wise it has nothing to do with nuclear. it is a masterpiece of industrial design, beautifully hidden. if you get up close, it looks like a concert hall, and a cooling tower, if you pay enormous attention, i wonder if we really need them. >> when you put it in, we have done it for several pollution reasons, water conservation. right now, the problem is we may see them being forced into places where they do not belong. i think your comment on the plants and public support -- we try to get as many members of the public policy makers to endorse it because you not only find them attractive on the outside, but they are immaculate on the inside. most important, we get to talk to the people who work there. we understand how professional and capable they really are. >> there is some opposition to the cooling tower, and i'm surprised it has lasted more than 40 years. it basically say

around the country, what this new study was able to do, they looked county by county at epa data and found that even in areas where the smog, the pollution was under epa limits, they still found an unusual number of people with diabetes. we do know that air pollution can affect heart conditions and heart disease and people with diabetes are at elevated risk for that. but, again, a lot more research to be done on this new finding. >> interesting stuff. and of course we always have our spare the air days here so thanks for the update. >>> new this morning, prosecutors could decide to add bias charges against two rutgers students in connection with the suicide of one of their fellow students. 18-year-old freshman tyler clementi jumped off a bridge to his death last week after two students allegedly streamed his sexual encou kouncounter with ae on the internet. he knew nothing about it. his roommate dharun raffy and mallory wie face privacy invasion charges. >>> a senator in georgia fired a member of his staff for writing anti-gay comments on a gay and lesbian blog. republican senator sa

an obvious example of that would-be cap-and-trade, the epa couldn't -- cracking down on greenhouse emissions. is cyclical state of the economy, they cannot do much. that is where we come back much more to the federal reserve. i think it is a good sign that the fed is talking about doing more. they have been behind the curve on that. they spend too much time worrying about inflation. i think you get into a situation where the fed becomes much more important. the fed is not willing to act in the final weeks of the election. i assume we will see them doing more. >> i think that is right. more reliance on monetary policy and fiscal policy. they can have side effects as we have seen. i do not think -- it makes it hard to get on popular things through the congress. that the world might think is a good idea. i cannot imagine how anybody outside the united states can make any sense of what our policy is given that nobody inside the united states can. i would imagine there is a period of great confusion. every once in awhile, you hear some american officials said, the parliamentary system has a lot t